<div dir="ltr">Hi CCGA Team,<div><br></div><div>Would it be helpful for me to promote this event on the Chicago Grows Food social media? I saw that space is limited. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 3:16 PM CCGA <<a href="mailto:info@chicagocommunitygardens.org">info@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-7855257146054617074"><u></u>
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CCGA has invited a team from MWRD to join Jennifer Walling, Executive Director of the Illinois Environmental Council, Andrew Margenot, Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois, and concerned community gardeners to have a discussion about the issue. MWRD will bring research findings to contribute to an open and solution-oriented discussion. Jen Walling will provide environmental policy and strategy insight, and Dr. Margenot will share a soil science and chemistry perspective, as PFAS contamination of agricultural soils and water has quickly become a farm and food safety issue in many states. <br>
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The CCGA education team promises an informative discussion, open to all community gardeners and interested participants. With this event, CCGA aims to identify resources for gardeners who have been impacted by the possible contamination of soil in our gardens and urban farms. CCGA's overarching goal is to develop a community gardening policy for biosolids and PFAS, as well as advocate for a city-wide plan.</span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"noticia text",georgia,"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">A large variety of plant species can take up PFASs from the environment. Vegetables and grains are the most commonly investigated crops, with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as the most studied PFASs. The potential sources of PFASs for plant uptake include industrial emissions, irrigation with contaminated water, land application of biosolids, leachates from landfill sites, and pesticide application. </span><a href="https://chicagocommunitygardens.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7f2904daf2a26a891c68f8bb0&id=31976b2ea9&e=15edd27189" style="color:rgb(101,101,101);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">Image credit & Source</span></a></span></em>
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